Google Places is designed for local business owners.

Google Places allows entrepreneurs to create a listing for their business containing their company's address, a brief description of the markets in which it operates, their company's website, and more.

Search engines have been improving for numerous years now to provide results that take into consideration location attributes such as city, area, and even where the searcher is located. This practice is known as “local search” and goes hand in hand with how Small business get found by location.

Google Places Base Concept: Web searchers find local companies and for those local companies to attract customers through Google Search.Users can now add service areas to their listings to inform customers on the geographic area the firm covers.

1) SETTING UP A GOOGLE ACCOUNT The following is a list of steps that will guide you through the process of creating a Google account.

3) You will be taken to a new page asking you to either sign in with your Google account details or to create a new account.

If you have an existing account (such as Gmail, or have installed Google maps on your site) you don’t need to create a new Google Account. If you have never heard about Google accounts, you probably don’t have any so simply create one.

4) You will be asked to fill in the required information for a Google account. Do so and click on “I accept. Create my account”.5) After completing this Google will send you an email for verification purposes. In the email you will be asked to click on the supplied link to activate your account.

6) To sign in to your Google account, go back www.google.com and sign in instead of registering for a new account.